Calculating-machine.



G. W.' GOSS.` GALGULA'TING MACHINE... APPLICATION IIIIBD IBILRB, 1911.

Patented Apu-23, 1912-.

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'it known that I, Giioiion 'W'. Goes.. a citizen of the United Staten, residing at St. Louis. Missouri, have invented-a certain new and useful Improvement in' Calculatiiigiil'aeliiiiee, of which the toilowingg a toil.. clear, and exact description, auch vas .i'il' enable others Skilled in the art.. to which it appertains to inake and use the saine, reference being had to tlie. accompanying drawings, forming part of tiiieI epeoiiication,l ,in nliif" I t) iaiged plan View of the sliding ii'itinber which carries the il'idicating 'mechanism in the forni .of a Series of disks, and which indicating mechanism is a tuatefl by the means utilized in Shifting the sliding meinvation of the. Sliding member carrying` the indicating mechanism. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view-of the right hand .end of j the frame of the oaic'nlator Witli'par'ts broken. away for the purpoee of clearly illustrat-ing the means employed for simultaneouslyv imparting simultaneous movement to apair of sliding bars.- Fig, G is an enthe line 6*-6 of Fig. Q. Fig; 7 is' a plan View oi a. portion of tlie'inacliine and ahoy ing a modified form of the result indicating means.

My invention relates generallyY to calcalating machines and more y particularly to that class of devices wherein it is demi-ed to ascertain 'a result, representing a sum 'of instance the Weightin pounds of' a certain product and tlieselling or coStpric pen' pound of the product. n .The calculating niachin'e klit-irein Sliovfnf is particularly deeg y ielfglyfae ir "finingtlie exact cost or price to be 'iai forcottom'wliicii is usually sold in large bales, and the 'price per pound of 'which variesl from day' to Said price*Sometimes going into mills and Specification of letters Paten t.

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i ifoii'ineu. on tile rear ifa ee of I 'the ernennen.

Paf-reared Apr. aa, 1912# eiofioccasionally fractionaitrarte of mills. To

corrfgfttiy negare' tiie cost or price of a large on ofl tiiierenti numberl of baies of Coti Weights., and at aI price ineindu'ig cents,

,mills and `fractional parts of mille. Without 50 the' uqe o't nome mechanical means or Fate sheet involvea'eo ftierzlile time a i and' it. tire 'i provide aecertei v nought and, iid oi'an running .into cents.:l` milla oie-ettenf but .it Wili ite that the niael'iine qinelil y andl correo tl I Weiglits'and cost or ilinAAG i., F-

vlliay, Coal, and ore, or of innoditi Wliicli is sold. in bull; by 'Weiglittor a price. running. into cento, iniils a id fractions tliereof.

My invention coneistle gi olly v.in a

frame, ,ai series of nion'ibero arranged for mi movement thereon, i. nien meinbera are proI vided with graduated. caies properly nurntiered,I nieansvor proportionately actuating; the moya''iie inei'niiero. and an adjuataiiie pointercooperating with one of the and. reggring and inwfiicat-ing; inecli i'iiain.'i which in inovabie *with the poin y and which registering" and indicating 'n' anisni g'ii'f'es the coi.. et 'figures Wiien machine' is igiroperiy operated.

My invention farther consists in certain features novelty hereinafter more 'fully' described i oiain in the c tion of my nfoyeti `,aicuiatingg' )naci n'ialie usen an eiongated Siteleton comprising front rail i7 iniddle rail 'd rails'iieing paraliel W- el i anied. together at. their ends another and 7by snit-able plates Aat-,lwiiicli ii desired can be extended 'down iard to torni. supporting. .LOG

legi for the niacliine. The 'rails l and 2 arejpifei'erably L-sliaped in eroeQ Section and 'tlieQrear rail 3 is provided in its top ennloi'igitndinaily j extending' d to'r Slide lei'igtliwiae oit tli y ly to ythe rear of ine cent E il l (i in tlieltopfanitaoe ot d a Series of rack teeth knob or disk 17, by means of which portion of this rail 6 is a series of raek teetn' S.

9 designates a shorty rail L-shaped in cross section, and extending from the right hand of plate e to a point adjacent the center oi the frame of the. machine, and arranged in slide on this rail and upon. the rightY hand end traine 4 is a rail l()t on the tirent e the right-.hand portion oi' which is orined a series of rack 'teeth ll. corresponding; to the rack teeth 8.

Rigidly ixed to a lraekeay l A from the right hand of plaie 4; is a die t, o which overlies the sliding rails G and l() an formed on the. faceof sail disk, adjacent the edge thereof is a graduated scale. 14, and in the present instance this scale is shown with one hundred divisions'each one of said divisions representing one-tenth of one mill. Journaled for rotation in the center of the disk 13 is a short vertical shaft l5, 'the lower end of which Carries a pinion 1G,

which meshes With the rac :s 8, and 11. Caris a said shaft. and the pinion 1G arerotated, and projecting from the shaft. l5 beneath this knob 17, is a pointer 1S in tile forni oi a hand, the point of which travers over the face of the disk immediateli.v adjacent the scale la.

Formed on the top of the r'ghs hand portion of the rail 1.0 is a series ot' equally spaced inarks 19, which in the 'presentinstance are numbered consecutively Vfrom vten to twenty, and reading from right to left7 and these indicating marks and figures represent the cents per pound of the cotton or other commodityr being sold. it will be ried by the upper end of the shaft 15 readilyT understood *that the scale formed by the marks 19 is arranged, divided and nurnbered in accordance with the. commodity being sold.

A series of lazy tong leversl Q0 and 2i are pivotalljgconnected to one another for operation in the usual manner` and the left hand pair of said ievers are pivotally mount.-

ed upon a pin 22 seated in the lefthand end of the rail The pivot' pins which connect the centers of these levers 2G and 2l project downward into and are arranged 'to travel through the groove .5. (See Fig. G.) The outei` ends or" the right hand pair of levers QG and 2l are pivotally connected to ihe outer end a bracket 23, and the inner end of said bracketis fixed to the sliding` rail 10. The 'top surfaces of the levers 20 are each provided with a series ot" marks equally spaced apart., and every7 fifth niark is provided with an indicating;`numeral7 thus forming an expanding scale, irliich in the presentinstance is numbered from 350 p to 700, reading troni left l'o righi, and repi resenting4 the pounds of cotton being sold. The scale just described is arranged in the forni ot' lazy tongs for the pnrpose oi' pa-.tness .tor it will he re d unile that a scale formed on a if Inuous ha). A running; from :23.50 to YOU. aro l require sideraiile space. 'This expanding numbered 'from 35@ to 79") tiri of rotten up f le upon the if @Uil S Y is arranged Y mechanism, ineteiably et the type genera use and employing a serie or tive di s or lcountingl `Wheels side by and connecte l so that of the said wheels or d s has made e revolution it operates tho adjacent wh making a eoinpl 'f tial rotation to the ne):

The top ot the .Y with a glazed opening( in ninnoered edges ot the ooi Vi Wheels af' f l The lfrogeciing laiei i r pair of lirackels 30 in "t l carrying a beveled gear irl a shar which ineslies with the pinion i227. C, by the 'forward end ot 'Lne sha ftv of the rail is a disk 322?, engaged for the purpose ot' inipa tary "iotion to the shaft 3l, and the rear end ot said shaft a which meshes with the rank teel'l'; '4.

Fixed. to and projecting rearwardly the rear one of the brackets BC' and overl the levers Q0 is a pointer or indicator l the form of a narrow metal strip or fir and connecting the outer end thereof W the rear corner of the housing 2T is a brace 36. A housing plate 5T is vtired to the lie ing land covers the pinion :29 and gear 32.

'ihe operation of my impro-red machineis follows: A sinn. buyer is purchasing a nale if ing 573 pounds at the rate o pound, the knol) il? manuali;7 en .rotated in sueh a manner as th l@ h v its rotary inovenie'ir lengthwise until the' ind nated li appears ii'nlnediately right, hand edge of the disk 1?.. pointthe pointer or finger '155 pvinl to the zero on the scale i-laround A. of the disk' and the knol; l? is nov toward the right hand until the pointer is at the niark on the i l nate-d by 75. During ihe ron Til n G,

` yndngly movd upon t, '211161 nsequ'y dwing@- 'k 3 3 110WV mmmaily enn 'manlielgfs that. the i111 the rack Twill cause i fo shdellengthwge -upnn tha; l i? "he joinie'izmr nf'llczltor alen'lent with the )eyed 573`upon the Saaie p the levers 20., Ai: 'the i ou Q9? and asn dsks 'mhm Hugin/uf uis, scales mui {memnx bale@ hay in milk; un i jay to day.

Where a' luy; moditjv s-pu for i1 duccum and it is desix'ec m @met price, pag? levers (E0 and mlmbered 67 'in a pnson dlr .y beneath the pombe? or 1111ge1=l;5,;m i

when 'the 'pars :are :Q0 '30St01wf, ihm' is with thanumbl: 323 visbf 'through the gjazed nnff The lndicntngmnrk s irccty bei the pointer 01' finger 35, 'te priez@ ifi @enig and fractions thereof Wil bo HTH" K bmg-size and simpa m5 ma mi 'lnxpmved of@ ff be dy Muni@ z2 means including a rack and pinion 'for mounted thereon, an indicating mechanism simultaneousljvv and proportionately moving the counting mechanism' and, the extensible scale.

-l-. ln a calculating machine, the combinaan extensible scale.I meansvvherebvthemovement of the 'extensible scale relative to the coiuitingmechanism is iinflicated, means tor simultaneousl)v and proportionately moving the counting` mechanism and the extensible scale, and means for indicating the movement' ot' the extensible scale and counting mechanism actuating means.

5. In a calculating machine, a fran-ie, an extensible scale thereon, means for moving said extensible scale. means for registering the movement imparted to the extensible scale, a counting mechanism arranged for movement -on the Lrame and a pointer carried bv said counting mechanism, which pointer overlies the extensible scale.

In a calculating machine, a frame, an extensible. scale thereon` a rack and pinion for moving said extensible scale, means for registering the movement of said extensible scale, a pointer overlving the extensible scale, and means tor registering the movement and position of the pointer.

T. ln a calculating machine, the combination with movable counting mechanism, of an extensible scale, means including racks and pinions for simu!taneouslvvv and proportionately moving the counting mechanism and the exten ible scale. and indicating means for gever" t, 'wement impe-:rb ed to the counting mechanism and the e; tensible scale. f

S. ln a calculating machine of the class described, an extensible scale comprising a series of lazv 'tong levers, certain oi which levers are provided with indicating marks to form the scale and means including a rack and pinion for sin'uiltaneouslv swinging all of the levers upon their pivots.

9. In a calculating machine ot' the class described, a frame, an extensible scale arranged for movementon the frame, a pointer extending from the counting mechanism over the extensible scale, a pair ot rails mounted to slide on the frame, racks tion vwith a movable counting mechanism. yot' on said rails, a pinion engaging with said racks for simultaneously and proportionatelv moving the same. and a third ack on one of said slidingrails, which third rack engaged by a movable pari of the counting mechanism.`

102 In a calculating machine of the class described, an extensible scale. a rack and pinion for changing the position of said extensible scale, means for registering the' position of the extensible scale after movement, a movable pointer overlying the extensible scale` and means for registering the position of the pointer.

1l. In a calculating machine of the class described. an extensible scale comprising a series of lazy tong levers, certain of which levers are provided with indicating marks to form a scale, means including racks and pinions for simultaneously changing the p0- -sitions ot' the lazy tong levers. a movable pointer overlying the extensible scale and means for registering the position of the pointer after the movement over the extensible scale. A

1'2. In a calculating machineot the class described, an extensible scale, a sliding bar connected thereto, there being indicating marks formed von the tace of said sliding har, rotary means for imparting sliding movement to the bar to change the, position of the extensible scale. and a circular scale registering the movement of the sliding t actuatingr means. i.;r. testimony whereof I hereunto atlix my signature in the presence ot two witnesses, this 15th (lav of February, 1911..

GEORGE lV. GOSS.

"Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, Massi.- Cooxnx. 

